I am interested in the field of design and for that I have decided to join the IIT Kanpur. Can you please tell me the lists of all the UG and PG courses for Design Programme available at IIT Kanpur? Also tell me the admission procedure to apply online for IIT Kanpur?

IIT Kanpur Design Programme offers well-structured course-template for students to synthesize technology and aesthetics in the service of human-needs.

The programme encourages creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, and personal expression leading to evolution of products and services in the field of engineering design and visual communications.

M.Des Programme

I SEMESTER

DES 601 Design Theory

Colour, Rhythm, Scale, Space, 2D - 3D viewing, Unity
Gestalt's Principles
Design paradigm
Elements of design
Human figure drawing
Illusion of motion
Art, art movements and artists
Story Boarding

DES 602 Design Practice -I

Understanding Design
User Thinking and User Centred Design
Design Research and Define
Research and Data collection Methods
Converting Research into Practice
One Team Project

DES 681 Design Project -I (Communication Design)

Form exploration
Introduction to HCD (human centred design) process
Research and Analysis
Data gathering in the field
Data gathering in-house
Data Analysis and design strategy
Design and Testing
Design Conceptualization
Usability testing
Structure in the design
Early Prototyping
Foundation in Cognition
Human Information Process
User Experience Design for Packaging Design and Graphics

DES 681 Design Project -I (Product Design)

Form Exploration
CAD
Motion and Mechanism
Ergonomics
Material Exploration

II SEMESTER

DES 682 Design Project -II (Communication Design)

Typography
User Experience Design
Iterate and Finalize
Usability test analysis and Design Evolution
Design best practices, Prototyping Strategies and tools
Heuristic Evaluations
Detailed Design and Final Design
Present and Sell
Making a pitch for user experience
User Experience in Industry
Preparing for Industry
Consulting and cross cultural skills
Communicating your design
User Experience Design for Packaging Design and Graphics

DES 633 Integrated Product Development-I

Need and Innovation
New Product Development Process
Market Research (size, attributes and value proposition)
Technological considerations (design, manufacturing, ergonomics, validation & testing)
STP (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning)
Financial Planning (pricing and costing)
Regulatory Concerns
Developing a Business Case

DES 682 Design Project -II (Product Design)

Manufacturability
Electronics Basic
Mechanical Packaging
Electronic Packaging
Prototyping

Two Electives

III SEMESTER

DES 699 M.Des. Thesis (16 Units)

IV SEMESTER

DES 699 M.Des. Thesis (16 Units)

ELECTIVES

DES 621 Creative Visualization

Design Ethnography
Artefact Analysis
Contextual Design
Models for user interaction
Data Consolidation and Interpretation
Visioning/ Story Boarding
Solutions and Prototyping
Card Sorting
Affinity Mapping
Quantitative Analysis
Coding and Categorizing
Collaborative design and thinking
Game Design for collaboration

DES 623 Topics in Motion Pictures

Camera Angles
Cinematography
Continuity
Time, Space and Directional Continuity
Picture Making basics
Writing for screen

DES 625 Studies in Form and Style

Form Development
Narrative Design
Psychology of Perception
Gestalt's Theory
App and Website Design
User Manual Design

DES 630 Fundamentals of Graphics

Theory of Graphics
Elements of Design
Colour value relationships
figure ground theory
History and evolution of Graphic Design
Art movements
Graphic Designers and their styles
Applications of Graphics
Visual Styles,
Introduction to Typography
Storyboarding
Logo Design
Packaging, Branding, Rebranding
Designing for Print,Web and Mobile Applications

DES 698 Special Studies/Project Course in Design(Product Design)

Design for Manufacturability
Autodesk Inventor, CAD
Manufacturing methods
Behaviour of materials
Hands on interaction of different materials
Design of mechanisms ( gears, cam, 4 bar mechanism and application)

DES 606 Interaction Design For Physical Products

Introduction to Interaction Design
Human Factors and cognitive ergonomics
Information and Data Visualization
Two Short term and One long Term Project

DES 698 Special Studies/Project Course in Design (Communication Design)

Contact-

Dr. Satyaki Roy
Head, Design Programme,
Helicopter Building,
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016,
India
Email: satyaki@iitk.ac.in
Phone: +91 979 300 0770

Debangana Roy
Department Placement Coordinator,
Design Programme,
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016,
India
Email: dero@iitk.ac.in

Gautam T R
Department Placement Coordinator,
Design Programme,
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016,
India
Email: gauth@iitk.ac.in